Top 200 Persistence Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”

— John C. Maxwell

52. “Going that one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”

— Sylvester Stallone

53. “Listen to me, even when you lose, it’s OK to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it. You can never be satisfied with losing. When you lose, it’s got to hurt.”

— Eric Thomas

54. “Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”

— W. Clement Stone

55. “Keep walking the walk, one step at a time.”

— Joyce Meyer

56. “Failure cannot cope with persistence.”

— Napoleon Hill

57. “We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

— Abdul Kalam

58. “By endurance we conquer.”

— Ernest Shackleton

59. “It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.”

— Vince Lombardi

60. “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

— Randy Pausch

61. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

— Denis Waitley

62. “I’d made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.”

— Louis Zamperini

63. “NO MORE. No more excuses. No more: “I’ll start tomorrow.” No more: “Just this once.” No more accepting the shortfalls of my own will. No more taking the easy road. No more bowing down to whatever unhealthy or unproductive thoughts float through my mind.”

— Jocko Willink

64. “Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”

— Bear Grylls

65. “Little strokes fell great oaks.”

— Benjamin Franklin

66. “I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

67. “I am willing.” “I am wired to win.” “I got this.” “I embrace the uncertainty.” “I am not my thoughts; I am what I do.” “I am relentless.” “I expect nothing and accept everything.”

— Gary John Bishop

68. “GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.”

— Linda Kaplan Thaler

69. “I think my secret is that there are no shortcuts for hard work, determination, and having that ‘don’t give up’ attitude.”

— Jerry Rice

70. “Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.”

— David Goggins

71. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

— Nelson Mandela

72. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

— Abdul Kalam

73. “If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing.”

— Ray Bradbury

74. “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

75. “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”

— Stephen McCranie

76. “Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

77. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”

— Bruce Lee

78. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”

— Seth Godin

79. “No matter how bad it is, or how bad it gets, I’m going to make it.”

— Les Brown

80. “Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”

— Benjamin Franklin

81. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

82. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

— Napoleon Hill

83. “It’s not over until you win.”

— Les Brown

84. “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

— Stephen King

85. “Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”

— Robin S. Sharma

86. “When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.”

— Jim Rohn

87. “Entrepreneurs don’t finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

88. “Never lower your target ; increase your actions.”

— Grant Cardone

89. “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

— Calvin Coolidge

90. “If it is to be, it is up to me.”

— William H. Johnsen

91. “Paralyze resistance with persistence.”

— Woody Hayes

92. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”

— Zig Ziglar

93. “Success is never owned, it is rented, and the rent is due every day.”

— Rory Vaden

94. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

— Pelé

95. “Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.”

— Robin S. Sharma

96. “Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”

— Will Smith

97. “You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now.”

— Robin S. Sharma

98. “There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.”

— Roger Federer

99. “Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.”

— Swami Vivekananda

100. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward, toward finding the answer.”

— Denis Waitley